CIA and Rural Pacification in South Vietnam (U)
Title | CIA and Rural Pacification in South Vietnam (U) PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas L. Ahern |
Publisher | |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Vietnam |
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Vietnam Declassified
Title | Vietnam Declassified PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas L. Ahern |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2009-11-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813139333 |
This insider’s account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is “a major contribution to scholarship” on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author of Lost Crusader). Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Retired CIA operative and intelligence consultant Thomas L. Ahern Jr. is the first to comprehensively document the CIA's role in the rural pacification of South Vietnam, drawing from secret archives to which he had unrestricted access. In addition to a chronology of operations, the book explores the assumptions, political values, and cultural outlooks of not only the CIA and other US government agencies, but also of the peasants, Viet Cong, and Saigon government forces competing for their loyalty. “This long-awaited volume, finally cleared for open publication and filled with fascinating detail, insider perspective, and controversial judgments, is a must-read for all students of the Vietnam War.” —Lewis Sorley, author of Westmoreland
Vietnam Declassified
Title | Vietnam Declassified PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas L. Ahern |
Publisher | |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Counterinsurgency |
ISBN | 9780813135342 |
Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong. Covering the CIA engagement from 1954 to mid-1972, it provides a thorough analysis of the agency and its partners. Retired CIA operative and intelligence consultant Thomas L. Ahern Jr. is the first to comprehensively document the CIA's role in the rural pacification of South Vietnam, drawing from secret archives to which he had unrestricted access. In addition to a chronology of operations, the book explores the assumptions.
The Pacification of South Vietnam
Title | The Pacification of South Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence E. Grinter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1218 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Rural development |
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Rural Pacification in Vietnam
Title | Rural Pacification in Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Nighswonger |
Publisher | New York, Praeger |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Community development |
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The Pacification of South Vietnam
Title | The Pacification of South Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Edward Grinter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1164 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Rural development |
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This study, an historical analysis of pacification in the RVN from independence in 1954 through mid-1972, attempts to explain why so many resources, programs and casualties failed for years to achieve a secure and pacified countryside and why, since mid-1968, the trend has become reversed and GVN efforts have met with success"--Page [1].
CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers
Title | CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers PDF eBook |
Author | Harold P. Ford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | United States |
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